The Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education

The Feldenkrais Method, developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, uses ingenious, gentle movements to promote efficient use of the whole self. The lessons are interesting and fun while dramatically improving flexibility, coordination, and balance to diminish pain and tension. 

Who can benefit from Feldenkrais 

Both individual and group Feldenkrais lessons produce immediate and long lasting results. Because all of our actions involve sensing, feeling, thinking, as well as moving, our clients and students find that improvements in their movement are accompanied by greater clarity in their thought and expression and an overall sense of well-being. You don't have to be an expert 'mover' - or you might be! Whatever level of ability you start at, Feldenkrais offers the possibility of discovery and improvement.

A greater sense of ease and well-being for everyone in their daily life, the Feldenkrais Method offers:

• options for new ways of moving that are healthier for your body
• reduced aches and pains and greater freedom in your movement
• improved relaxation response and relief from the effects of stress
• greater awareness of comfortable and efficient posture.

Understanding yourself and your body As a culture we are moving beyond seeing your bodies as merely biological machines to move our minds around. Feldenkrais Method is a creative systematic approach to engage with your own sensory experience to become more aware of what you do, how your do it and your possibilities. It is a non-prescriptive, process that allows you to explore the relationships between your mind and body, and your environment.

Healthy and active aging Getting older doesn't necessarily mean getting stiff and muscular aches. Feldenkrais offers a positive way to stop or reverse the loss of physical ability and comfort, and to maintain your physical and mental flexibility.

Rehabilitation For those with discomfort, injuries, pain, or neurological conditions the Feldenkrais Method is a gentle and effective approach that offers:

• reduction and relief from pain
• recovery of lost movement abilities
• improved breathing and improved sleep
• the ability to shift habits of movement and holding - which may have begun as a response to your injury or condition and are now a source of pain or restriction in themselves
• a range of skills to help yourself to recover function in your daily life.

Feldenkrais helps people with chronic or persistent pain in muscles or joints, or headaches, recovering from surgery, or with neurological conditions such as MS or stroke, neuropathy and myelopathy, etc. Feldenkrais can be your main form of rehabilitation or be used as a complement to other modalities and medical care. People with these kinds of needs often choose to start with individual Functional Integration sessions.

Feldenkrais offers particular benefits for all kinds of people who move for a living or enjoyment:

For all kinds of performers – martial artist, musicians, singers, dancers, actors and others, Feldenkrais offers:

• ways to improve the quality of your performance - and the quality of your rest
• greater awareness that will help you prevent injuries
• new levels of embodied presence in your creative process
• increased expressive abilities.

Athletes can reduce and recover from injuries, as well as increase performance. Awareness of how your move allows you to find easier, more energy efficient and pleasurable ways to work out or play the game.

People who teach movement, such as Yoga, martial arts and Pilate’s teachers, can discover new ways of understanding movement, ideas that will help you teach better and ways to explore your own embodied experience.

Health care providers, such as physicians and nurses, physical and occupational therapists, massage therapists and others, will gain new ways of thinking about possibilities for their patients - as well as much needed support for your own health and well-being.

For more information, please go to: www.feldenkrais.com